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Digby?
Good point.
Odd isn't it: dont think he's even made the 23 has he?
Wonder why no oz province wanted him
Digby?
Good point.
Odd isn't it: dont think he's even made the 23 has he?
Wonder why no oz province wanted him
Pocock would be the only one of those three that would be in with a shot.For any of the five teams, or an Aus player who would compete for an AB jersey?
McMahon, Poey and Hooper seem to be highly regarded over the dutch.
Good point.
Odd isn't it: dont think he's even made the 23 has he?
Wonder why no oz province wanted him
he is unfortunately and what a waste of money/roster positionI think he's down at the Rebels
They still came when we had 3x5 systemNot 100% sure of the wisdom of the 3 x 6 system - what about the people that the kiwi teams bring through the turnstiles?
Ben Volavola getting a contract with the Crusaders, despite being ineligible for the All Blacks, shows it's possible.
Said it before, but I'll say it again...
It is almost reaching the point of no return, but yesterday Dave Wessels, coach of the Force side that seemingly is under most pressure of all, put forward a proposal that would allow each country to retain as many teams as it wanted but still be a part of a wider competition.
“To me, the most successful inter-country competition in the world is the Champions League in soccer, where there’s a domestic competition and the champions of that get to play the best of the best internationally,” Wessels said.
“We have a really strong domestic competition in Australia with the Waratahs, Reds, Brumbies, Melbourne Rebels and us, we play each other on a home-and-away basis and the top side or the top two sides then graduates to play the best from NZ and SA.
Theres an easy solution to how super rugby should be operating that gets rid of the silly conference system that is the root of the problem in the eyes of viewers and the casual fan. It would also increase the number of games each franchise hosted to increase financial stability which is what the franchises want. This solution works on the premise that the international window in June is moved to later in July.
1 : 18 teams - everyone plays each other once per season for 17 games.
This keeps the current timeframe for the comp the same.
2 : Play each other home one year, away the next.
This gives each franchise 8 or 9 home matches each year increasing gate revenue.
Only after he became a "Fijian"
This would see Australian teams disappear to South Africa for 3 games(1 month) each season, its bad enough now with the Waratahs playing one game in Sydney before disappearing for 3 weeks, but 4 weeks on the road is a marketing block hole and a PR/sponsorship vortex. Throw in the Jaguares and teams could be on the other side of the world for up to 5 weeks a season.
By playing every team home and away, you are also swapping higher crowd drawing local derbies for matches against South African teams, which aren't historically big crowd pullers.